A sea slug (Caloria elegans)
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Researched by | Emily Wilson | Refereed by | Admin |
Authority | (Alder & Hancock, 1845) | ||
Other common names | - | Synonyms | - |
Summary
Description
Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland
Torbay, Lundy, outer Bristol Channel, Cardigan Bay, Tremadog Bay, off the Llyn peninsula, Lough Swilly (north Donegal) and off Larne, Northern Ireland.Global distribution
-Habitat
Found amongst the hydroids Nemertesia ramosa, Plumularia setacea and Halecium halecinum growing on rocks and other hard inorganic substrata.Depth range
-Identifying features
- Six to eight paired groups of short, fat cerata.
- Very long oral tentacles are flat, shorter rhinophores have small tubercles on rear faces.
- Longitudinal white stripes on the tentacles and tail are diagnostic.
- Digestive gland is orange or pink in colour with a black area at base of each ceras and a black glandular area just below the cnidosac.
- The cerata have white terminal rings and largest have long curled tips.
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Bibliography
Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E., 1997. The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Belfast: Ulster Museum. [Ulster Museum publication, no. 276.]
Picton, B. E. & Morrow, C.C., 1994. A Field Guide to the Nudibranchs of the British Isles. London: Immel Publishing Ltd.
Datasets
Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland, 2023. Mollusc (marine) records for Great Britain and Ireland. Occurrence dataset: https://doi.org/10.15468/aurwcz accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-27.
NBN (National Biodiversity Network) Atlas. Available from: https://www.nbnatlas.org.
OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System), 2024. Global map of species distribution using gridded data. Available from: Ocean Biogeographic Information System. www.iobis.org. Accessed: 2024-10-03
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Last Updated: 02/02/2007